November 26, 2024 15:26 GMT
HEALTHCARE: Amgen (AMGN: Baa1/BBB+ neg/BBB): Today's Drop
HEALTHCARE
- Equity down 11% currently
- Amgen's results for MariTide weight loss drug showed a 20% weight-loss over 52 weeks - in line but not better than Zepbound
- Important to note, there was a ~11% drop out rate in the trial which would likely be much higher in real world situations. This would limit its marketability.
- Amgen gets 13% of its revenue from Prolia and 6.7% from Xgeva.
- Both of these drugs lose patent protection starting in 1Q25 and rolling across US and EU jurisdictions over '25/'26.
- Sandoz has 2 generics ready to launch
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